31 questions
Place & Home
The towns, houses, and landscapes that stayed with them — and the journeys that changed their view.
The towns, houses, and landscapes of a life leave deep marks — the community that shaped someone, the home they loved most, the first journey that widened their world. These questions about place and home help a parent or grandparent map the geography of their memory.
They pair naturally with old photographs or a drive past a former home. Ask them one at a time and let a single street or room lead the way. Captured by voice with Storykept, a description of a vanished neighbourhood becomes a place the family can return to long after it's gone.
Describe the home you grew up in. Walk me through the front door and tell me what I would see.
What did your childhood home smell like? Take me into the kitchen and tell me what was cooking.
What sounds do you remember from the house you grew up in, early in the morning or late at night?
Which room in your childhood home was your favourite, and what did you love to do there?
Tell me about the bedroom you slept in as a child. What was on the walls, and what could you see from the window?
Was there a corner or hiding place in your home where you liked to go to be alone? Describe it for me.
How was your home kept warm in winter? Tell me about gathering near the stove, fire, or heater on a cold day.
Tell me about the street or neighbourhood where you grew up. Who were your neighbours?
Where did the children in your neighbourhood gather to play? Describe that place and what you got up to there.
Tell me about a shop, market, or corner near your home that you remember well. What did you go there for?
Was there a garden, yard, or balcony at your home? Take me out there and tell me what grew or happened there.
Where did your family eat together at home, and what do you remember about sitting down at that table?
Tell me about the first home you lived in after you left your parents. What was it like to make it your own?
Take me back to your first night sleeping in a place of your own. What do you remember about it?
Tell me about a move from one home to another that stays with you. What was that day like?
Of all the homes you have lived in, which one felt the most like home? Describe it and tell me why.
Tell me about something you did to make a house feel like a home of your own.
Tell me about the view from a window in one of your homes that you could picture with your eyes closed.
Was there a grandparent's or relative's home you loved visiting? Take me inside and tell me what it was like.
Is there a smell that instantly takes you back to a home from your past? Tell me about the moment it brings back.
If you have lived in more than one town or country, tell me about a place you left behind. What do you still miss about it?
If you ever moved far from where you began, tell me about the place you came from and what you carried with you.
Tell me about a time your home was full of people. Who was there, and what was the occasion?
Was there a piece of furniture or an object in your home that everyone knew was yours? Describe it for me.
Tell me about the home you live in now and what you love most about it.
Describe a quiet, ordinary morning at home that you would happily live again.
What was the sound of your home on a holiday or a day when everyone was together? Take me into that room.
What was your first car, and where did it take you?
Is there a place from your past that no longer exists the way you remember it? Describe it as it was.
Who were the memorable characters in your town when you were young? Tell me about one of them.
Do you remember any local legends or stories people told about your town? Tell me one.
Want these answered in their own voice — and kept forever?
Storykept guides your family through these questions by voice. No writing, no pressure. Free to start.